Gameonline Gets Busted

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It appears that the Japanese Association for the Copyright of Computer Software busted the guys who run a popular Japanese video-game website Gameonline because he had posted exclusive screen shots from gaming magazines and websites overseas:

Gameonline, one of the most popular game sites in Japan until its sudden closure last month, was a for-profit site that made its money exclusively via advertising. The site's owner had received permission from several Japanese publishers to post screenshots from their games, but other companies, including SNK Playmore, Capcom, Square Enix, and Namco, allegedly found media from their games posted on the site without their permission, leading to today's arrest.